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Service Learning Opportunity for Undergraduate Science Students: Integrating Problem-Based Learning in the High School Science Curriculum
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Armstrong, David; Murck, Barbara; Poe¨, Judith C. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
A service learning course has been developed through which undergraduate science students create problem-based learning materials for use in high school science classes. Undergraduate students research active learning pedagogies with a specific focus on problem-based learning, create original materials to be used in grades 11 and 12 chemistry and…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Problem Based Learning, Undergraduate Students, College Science
Rules of Engagement: Building a College-Going Culture in an Urban School
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McKillip, Mary E. M.; Godfrey, Kelly E.; Rawls, Anita – Urban Education, 2013
Students who struggle in pursuit of postsecondary education tend to be Latino, Black, low-income, or first-generation college students. This article presents the case of a small public school serving students grades 6-12 from these traditionally underrepresented backgrounds in a large urban school district. Observations revealed that the school…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, College Preparation, School Culture, Social Development
Bismarck in the Bush: Year 12 Write Zambia's History for Zambian Students
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Gray, Peter – Teaching History, 2011
Peter Gray explains how his Year 12 students came to research and write a resource on the history of Zambia, for history teachers "in" Zambia. The construction of the resource stretched the Year 12 students in new ways: the Internet was useless and there were no easy digests in A-Level textbooks to get them started. They would have to…
Descriptors: Textbooks, African Culture, Foreign Countries, History Instruction